Lasing from colored polymers pumped by an excimer XeCl laser
Abstract
A matrix of polyvinyl acetate activated by laser dyes is used for the first time for lasing pumped by an excimer XeCl laser. Transverse pumping is shown to be preferable to longitudinal, since it results in extending the laser lifetime by an order of magnitude.
- Publication:
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Kvantovaia Elektronika Moscow
- Pub Date:
- December 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990KvanE..17.1562B
- Keywords:
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- Excimer Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Pumping;
- Stimulated Emission;
- Vinyl Polymers;
- Xenon Chloride Lasers;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Laser Materials;
- Power Efficiency;
- Lasers and Masers